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WALL PAPER HANGER.

No. 395,443 Patented Jan. 1, 1889.

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WALL=PAPER HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,443, dated January1, 1889.

Application filed May 10, 1887. Serial No. 237,760. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Louis EsrEs KEN- WORTHY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ackworth, in the county of \Varren and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lVall-Paper Hangers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wall-paper hangers; and itconsists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices thatwill be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a wall-paper hangerembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of thesame, taken on the line n: m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview of the same, taken on the line 11 y of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a detachedperspective view of the fountain or paste-trough. Fig. 5 is a verticalsectional view on line of Fig. i].

A represents a vertical track or guide, wh ich is Tshaped in transversesection, and thereby provided with projecting flanges ll. Near the lowerend of this guide-track hinged a lever, which is provided on its underside with a series of notches or recesses, I), adapted to receive theupper end of a standard, E. The standard bears upon the floor of a roomto be papered, and the lever G is shipped or fulcrumed on the upper endof the standard, and by depressing the free end of the lever the trackor guide A is raised, so as to bear under the ceiling and thereby securethe guide-track in a vertical position against the wall. The operator,by keeping one foot on the depressed end of the lever, retains the trackor guide in. position while applying one width of paper to the wall.

F represents a pair of side plates which bear upon opposite sides of theguide-track, and are provided at their ends with projecting ears G andon their opposite sides at their centers with ears H, which project inthe opposite direction from the ears G. To the inner sides of the latterare journaled bearingrollers I, the peripheries of which impinge againstthe under sides of the flanges B of the track.

K represents an operating-shaft, which is journaled in transverseopenings made in the ears H. To this shaft are rigidly secured a pair ofwheels, L, that are provided with peripheral rubber or leather bands M,that bear against the face of the track and thereby afford frictionalcontact therewith. The ends of the shaft K project beyond the oppositesides of the side plates, 13, and are provided with projecting tenons N,having transverse openings adapted to receive securing-pins O.

P and R represent parallel shafts or rods, which extend through alignedopenings made in the side plates, F, near the ends thereof and at equaldistances from the shaft K.

S represents a plate which connects the rods P and R together at oneend, and T represents a similar plate which connects the outer ends ofthe said rods together. On the inner opposing sides of the plates S andT, in line with the axis of the shaft K, are secured cylindricalinwardly projecting sleeves or sockets U.

V represents a shaftwhich has one end j on rnaled in the socket l'l,attached to the plate T, and the other end of theshaft is provided witha mortise, V, adapted to receive the projecting tenon on the inner endof the shaft K. The pin 0 passes through aligned openings in themortised end of the shaft V and in the tenon on the shaft K, and therebysecures the meeting ends of the said shafts together. The shaft Y isprovided with radial bristles which form a cylindrical brush, \V.

X represents a handle which has its upper end attached to the sideplates, F, that constitute the main frame of the paper-hanger. Thishandle projects downwardly and outwardly from the guide-track and isadapted to be grasped by the operator, and thereby the frame maybereadily moved vertically on the guide -track. It will be readilyunderstood that when the frame is moved the wheels L, attached to theshaft K, rotate by frictional contact with the face of the guide track,and thereby impart rotary motion to the shaft K and to the brush XV.

Y represents a cross-bar which forms the head of a stiff brush, Z. Thesaid crossbar is suspended from the bar R by means of loops or hooks A,and the ends of the said cross-bar are secured in keepers B, attached tothe opposing sides of the plates F and T.

0 represents a cylindrical paste-fountain,

gitudinal. opening, ll, through which the brisl tles of the brush \Vproject.

The ends of the shaft or red P project beyond the outer sides of theplates S and T,

the socket on the crank-arm E.

The operation of my invention is as follows:

The guide-track A is erected in a vertical position, as shown, and bearsagainst the wall to be papered, and is accurately gagcd. 3y reason. ofthe shafts which carry the roll of paper and the fountain and brushbeing extended laterally from one side of the guide-track, the latter isadapted to be placed snugly against the wall when the machine is inoperation, is more easily held, and is parallel with the wall, therebycausing the brush Z to press the paper firmly to the wall with equalpressure at all times. The roll of paper to be applied to the wall isattached to the long end of the shaft P, that projects over the brush V.This causes the brush to bear against the reverse side of the paper. Theoperator, by means of the handle X, causes the paper-hanger to moveupwardly on the guide-track, therebyimparting rotary motion to the brushKY and cansing the roll of paper to unroll from the shaft P and to bearfirmly against the wall. As the paper unrolls, paste from the fountainis ap plied thereto by the rotating brush. \V, and the stiff brush Z,which bears upon the front side of the paper and follows the brush \V,presses the pasted side of the paper firmly against the wall andsmoothes out the wrinkles therein, thus securing the paper to the wallas the machine moves upward on the guide-track. 'Whcn one width of paperhas been thus applied to the wall, the roll is cut when it reaches theceiling, and the guide track is moved to one side a distancecorresponding to the width of the paper and again secured in position,as before. The paperhanger is lowered to the floor, and the operationbefore described is repeated to apply the second roll of paper to thewall, and so on until the wall is completed.

The rods P and R are adapted to move endwise in the side plates, F, ofthe main frame, and as the brush XV and the brush Z and the fountain aredetachable it will be readily understood that the movable frames,comprising the rods P and R and the end plates, S and T, may beprojected from either side of the guide-track, so as to cause thepasting devices to operate on either side thereof.

(log-gearing may be substituted for the friction devices as a means forguiding the machine. Having thus described my invention, I

' claim, and are squared and thereby adapted to [it in 5 1. In a machineforhangingwall-paper, the combination of the track or guide A, havingthe flanges B projecting from opposite sides of its face, the framehaving the rollers I I bearing against the inner sides of the flanges,the shaft P, projecting laterally from one side of the frame and towhich the roll of paper is adapted to be secured, the shaft K, journaledin said frame, projecting laterally from one side thereof, and havingthe rotating brush \V, to bear against the roll of paper, and the wheelsL L, engaging the outer side of the track, the fountain to supply pasteto the brush, and the smoothing-brush Z, substantially as described.

2. In a paper-hanging machine, the combination, with. the guide-track,of the traveling frame thereon and projecting from one side of thetrack, the main shaft K, journaled in. the frame and having the wheels Lengaging the track, the shaft P for the roll of paper, journaled in theframe, the rod R, secured to the frame, (said shaft P and rod R being onopposite sides of the main shaft,) the rotating brush \V, secured to themain shaft, the fountain, and the smoothing-brush Z, attached to shaftR, substantially as specified.

S. In a paper-hanger, the combination of the guide-track, the main frameadapted to slide thereon, and having the main shaft K, provided with thewheels L, engaging the track, the said shaft having the projecting endson opposite sides of the main frame, the shaft I, journaled in the mainframe and adapted to slide longitudinally therein, the rod R, secured tothe main frame and also movable longitudinally, the brush \V, adapted tobe attached to either end of the shaft K, and the brush Z, adapted to besecured to either end of the rod R, substantially described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS ESTES KENWYORTHY. lVitnesses:

J OHN B. GARDNER, A. L. OGG.

